Following installation steps not clear and warning during the installation with the exe

[giuliagamberini]

Hi, I am new to SOFA and I am trying to install it on Windows.

I have successfully downloaded and installed the .exe file. I am getting stacked in the documentation regarding the next steps I have to perform. Do I have to follow the documentation at https://sofa-framework.github.io/doc/getting-started/build/windows/ even if I have used the installer file?
Another small point, while installing SOFA with the installer file I got a warning saying "Warning:PATH too long installer unable to modify PATH!" and the installations stopped. I retry without checking the box of the addition to the PATH and the installation finished. Do I have to manually add to the environment variables?

Many thanks for your help,
Looking forward to reading from you,
Best regards,
Giulia Gamberini

[hugtalbot]

Hi @giuliagamberini

To use binary SOFA version, you just need to follow the following doc "Binary Instruction" page (so do not follow the page you referred which is dedicated to compilation of the source code)

Regarding the warning, it's a Windows warning due to the length of the path where you installed SOFA.

Cheers

[giuliagamberini]

Hi @hugtalbot

Thank you very much for your reply and for the shared doc.

Best regards,
Giulia